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grand, it's texas and texas is the high church of stupid republican ideas. but this is a good example of how the republican party is now not a responsible partner in governing our country. the best part of this there is a subset of birthers in this country who know that obama was born in hawaii but don't know that hawaii is a state. i mean, this is the level of dumb we are dealing with here and it's really hard to fix it. blake farenthold said you can't fix stupid in texas. that's what you're dealing with here. >> there are some other issues out there. mitchell mcconnell calling on the white house to delay the opening of exchanges. do you think, robert, there is a real security concern here or is this just more part of the attempts by republicans to delay and eventually repel obama care? >> you know, some of the votes in the house, chris, at the house republicans tried to do the last 35 or 40 times have been a bunch of just silly talk. however, i do think senator mcconnell does have a point here about security. every time we open up the newspaper or somethin
grand, it's texas and texas is the high church of stupid republican ideas. but this is a good example of how the republican party is now not a responsible partner in governing our country. the best part of this there is a subset of birthers in this country who know that obama was born in hawaii but don't know that hawaii is a state. i mean, this is the level of dumb we are dealing with here and it's really hard to fix it. blake farenthold said you can't fix stupid in texas. that's what you're...
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and he is hospitalized in texas. chris? >> nbc's kelly o'donnell, thank you for that update. >>> a big fight brewing over upcoming miniseries and docuseries on hillary clinton. reince priebus calls the program thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election. >> they are promoting hillary clinton and they are going to spend millions of dollars doing it. i think we have responsibility as a party to make the choices as to who our debate partners are. >> in a statement, nbc news says it's completely independent of nbc entertainment and has no involvement in this project. and cnn says instead of making premature decisions, the rn shrks shournc should limit judgment. let's bring in ed rendell and former rnc chairman, michael steele. good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> gooim good morning. >> michael, if you you were chair now would you do the same thing? >> i probably would raise the red flag. i see the rnc's position here as this thing gets set up to have these two very high profi
and he is hospitalized in texas. chris? >> nbc's kelly o'donnell, thank you for that update. >>> a big fight brewing over upcoming miniseries and docuseries on hillary clinton. reince priebus calls the program thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election. >> they are promoting hillary clinton and they are going to spend millions of dollars doing it. i think we have responsibility as a party to make the choices as to who our debate...
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he is the junior senator from texas. the senior senator jon cornyn. i'll get concerned if cornyn gets concerned. >> more about him wanting to do more? >> perhaps about ted cruz staking out positions that might be a little outside of what senate leadership wants. >> jason, ted cruz saying he is likely to stay out of the 2014 incumbent primaries including of that john corncornyn. why not make some endorsements here? >> i think he will down the line. they is playing in some primaries despite what he is doing now. he wants to run for president and wants the republican nomination. one thing you get when you're involved in that is you get an enemy. he can't get enemies right now. during the congressional recess, most senators went to their home states to have town halls. he had national town halls to defund obama care. ted cruz is running for president. >> in 2016. he has a countdown clock on his website and appeared in ads when you have seen on networks. given the criticism of fellow republicans if he says calm down a little. is he really worried more abou
he is the junior senator from texas. the senior senator jon cornyn. i'll get concerned if cornyn gets concerned. >> more about him wanting to do more? >> perhaps about ted cruz staking out positions that might be a little outside of what senate leadership wants. >> jason, ted cruz saying he is likely to stay out of the 2014 incumbent primaries including of that john corncornyn. why not make some endorsements here? >> i think he will down the line. they is playing in some...
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animated as ever, the texas senator rallied support for defunding the president's health care plan at a town hall meeting in dallas. though critics could say he is looking to grow support for a future presidential run, cruz insists obama care can be undone. >> if you have an impasse you want to know, one side or the other has to blink. how do we win this fight? don't blink! >> nbc kasie hunt was there and she joins me from dallas. that is his mantra, don't blink. he also didn't blink when he was heckled, not once but i understand multiple times yesterday. give us a sense of what it was like in that hall. >> reporter: absolutely. he was heckled several times. it was an organized group that essentially asked him what he would say to the millions of texans who are uninsured and who will benefit from president obama's health care law. the overall posture of this, cruz appeared with senator jim demint who is now are the heritage foundation. their posture, look. this is the last best chance to stop this law. that is the acknowledgment that the once the law's benefits take effect and get use
animated as ever, the texas senator rallied support for defunding the president's health care plan at a town hall meeting in dallas. though critics could say he is looking to grow support for a future presidential run, cruz insists obama care can be undone. >> if you have an impasse you want to know, one side or the other has to blink. how do we win this fight? don't blink! >> nbc kasie hunt was there and she joins me from dallas. that is his mantra, don't blink. he also didn't...
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. >> reporter: take the western district of texas. in february, the public defender's office there faced a 9% pay cut and then in march the office was notified it would have to cut its budget by an ishl 14%. the result? case delays. layoffs for a third of the defenders and a 10% salary reduction on top. meanwhile, the number of case isn't letting up. it's projected to top 13,000 this year. >> you see sort of multiple layers of injustice where people are funneled into a system because they don't have economic opportunities. then once they are in the system, they don't have adequate defense because there is insufficient spending for the public defenders that would provide them with adequate defense in that system. >> reporter: it's black defends who overwhelmingly denied the equal representation they are required to receive under law. black defendants compromise just 19% of clients who can afford to hire their own attorney. if sequester is the new normal, this imbalance could ultimately prove constitutional. -- unconstitutional. >> i wa
. >> reporter: take the western district of texas. in february, the public defender's office there faced a 9% pay cut and then in march the office was notified it would have to cut its budget by an ishl 14%. the result? case delays. layoffs for a third of the defenders and a 10% salary reduction on top. meanwhile, the number of case isn't letting up. it's projected to top 13,000 this year. >> you see sort of multiple layers of injustice where people are funneled into a system...
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. >>> texas tea party favorite ted cruz is fueling 2016 speculation. how? well, by trying to put to rest questions about his citizenship. a day after releasing his birth certificate to show he was born to a mother in canada. he says the following. as a u.s. senator i believe i should only be an american and went on to say this. >> i suppose that the fact that "the new york times" is this hysterical after my only having been in office about eight months, you know, maybe that's a sign we might be doing something right. i was born in canada. my mother is a u.s. citizen. she lived most of her life in the u.s. and i'm a citizen by birth. those are the facts of my birth and i'll let other people worry about the legal consequences of it. >> let's bring in msnbc contributor goldie taylor and managing editor of the goldie taylor project and republican strategist hogan gidly. you heard the explanation there from the senator. is your thought here the controversy is over? sealed? done? >> i don't think the controversy should have ever started. the fact is that ted cruz
. >>> texas tea party favorite ted cruz is fueling 2016 speculation. how? well, by trying to put to rest questions about his citizenship. a day after releasing his birth certificate to show he was born to a mother in canada. he says the following. as a u.s. senator i believe i should only be an american and went on to say this. >> i suppose that the fact that "the new york times" is this hysterical after my only having been in office about eight months, you know, maybe...
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one of today's headliners is texas state senator wendy davis who is filibuster made her a national name and landed her a profile in the september issue of "vogue" magazine. another headliner joins me now is sandra fluke and morgan fairchild. >> good morning. >> the first six months of the year for female candidates and i know you're speaking at this event in san francisco. what is your message? >> we are talking about how far we still have to go but how important it is that we get there on electing more women at the federal level, at the state level, at the local level and what a difference that makes to small girls to be able to see women in office. >> we have had conversations on this program. we have had women senators here who have talked about how different the dynamic is in a room when they are women in a meeting as opposed to men. what is your big picture here? >> i think if we truly want to have a democracy we have to make sure our government looks like our population. and right now, it doesn't. so it makes a difference on issues like immigration reform which we of as, quote/unq
one of today's headliners is texas state senator wendy davis who is filibuster made her a national name and landed her a profile in the september issue of "vogue" magazine. another headliner joins me now is sandra fluke and morgan fairchild. >> good morning. >> the first six months of the year for female candidates and i know you're speaking at this event in san francisco. what is your message? >> we are talking about how far we still have to go but how important it...
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the runner up, schlitterbahn in texas. and number one, splashing safari in santa claus, indiana. the full link up at jansing.msnbc.com. nd guards. nd guards. the discreet protection that's just for guys. now, it's your turn. get my training tips at guardyourmanhood.com but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this...
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delaware's attorney general bo biden is resting at home after bra biopsy at a texas cancer center. he tweeted on our way home and can't wait to get back. thank you, houston. posed with this picture with his wife and his parents. >>> i think there are significant number of zeros between him and me. will serve for one dollar a year, yes. >> my wife is listening to this debate. absolutely not. i have a 20-month-old son and 12-week-old son miles. no, i have to have the salary. i applaud eliot but i on really need the money. >> check this out. president is eating lunch. look at the kid on the table next to him. there on the lower left. funny. >> this is the president at the women's rights park poking his head through one of those cardboard cutouts playing the president. get it? that is funny. >>> if you read only one thing this morning a successful start-up company that boasts eight core values and this is on the wall in the kitchen of the company, inject fun and quirkiness into everything we do. well, it's working. i'm talking about a company called war be parker which came on my radar
delaware's attorney general bo biden is resting at home after bra biopsy at a texas cancer center. he tweeted on our way home and can't wait to get back. thank you, houston. posed with this picture with his wife and his parents. >>> i think there are significant number of zeros between him and me. will serve for one dollar a year, yes. >> my wife is listening to this debate. absolutely not. i have a 20-month-old son and 12-week-old son miles. no, i have to have the salary. i...